Laser Screen; Technique Parameters - Lincoln Electric VRTEX 360 COMPACT Operator's Manual

VRTEX 360 COMPACT
®
END PASS
When the user selects the green "End Pass" menu icon, the pass
is scored, a snapshot of the weld is taken and the percentages of
the weld containing discontinuities are calculated. If the user
has inserted a USB device, selecting "End Pass"
also automatically saves a student report to the USB
memory device at the front of the weld machine.

LASER SCREEN

(Live Action Student Evaluation Report)
OVERVIEW
This screen summarizes the student's welding performance. Detailed
information about the student's welding technique for each pass are
displayed on this screen. See Figure 54.
Figure 54 – Laser screen (graph, defects, discontinuities, etc.)
WELD EVALUATION
GRAPH
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TECHNIQUE PARAMETERS

The upper right area of the screen shows the technique parameters
being tracked and the graph of these parameters is located to the left.
See Figure 54. When the user welds, each parameter is graphed
using a line that is of the same color as the technique parameter
box. For example, "position" is written in the blue box and indicated
by the blue line. The left side of the graph represents the left side of
the coupon and the right side represents the right side of the coupon.
For vertical welds, the graph is rotated so that it is vertical, with the
bottom representing the bottom of the coupon and the top repre-
senting the top of the coupon. The graph also shows how close the
parameter was to the ideal value. The ideal value is indicated by the
red line located in the center of the graph. This value is determined
by the tolerance editor settings. The upper and lower white lines
represent the acceptable maximum and minimum values that the
parameter should be within. These values are also determined by the
tolerance editor setting. Anything above the top white line or below
the bottom white line is out of tolerance. The closer the user is to the
ideal line, the better the weld. Each parameter can be toggled on or
off of the graph by touching the appropriate icon.
OPERATION (USER MODE)